The first rule of Diversity Hires is that we do NOT TALK ABOUT diversity hires. The second rule of Diversity Hires is that we do NOT TALK ABOUT diversity hires! The third rule is…we damn sure are do not let them know they are a diversity hire. Truth is a bitch.



An email shared online earlier today was sent by an Amazon Web Services recruiter to a woman encouraging her to apply for a software engineering position. The message kicked off with the subject line: “Diversity HIRE :: JOB :: Software Engineer @ Amazon.” It may as well have started with: “Dear token minority…”

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Source: [H]ardOCP – Dear Diversity Hire Thanks for your Interest in Amazon